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LUcIUs JORDAN,- Aor soUTHI'NGToN, coNNE'cTIoUT. 11mm Patent No. 65,489, dated new 4, 1867.

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To ALLWHQM IT MAY coNoEnN.: v Y o Be it known that I, LUcIos JORDAN, of Southington, in the county of Hartford, and State of Connecticut,

'have inventedcertain new and useful'improvements in Wrenchesfand do hereby declaro` that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. v p In the lannexed,drawings making part of this specification, l.Arepresents a metallic bar, which is provided with. jaw, Band which is made square from this jaw to `the point 2c m',- it is also provided with tnfo screw-- threads,4 one from o to o, and one at its end, ovenwhich the nut H passes.l D represents a metallic sleeve, whichis provided'with a.l jaw, C. This 'sleeve has a square opening through it, longitudinally, intowliich fits' the square portion of the bar A. Upon 'a portion of the outside *surface ofv thisfsleeve is cut a. screw-thread, which takesinto the thread of' a feinale screw cut inaother sleeve, E: ',llhe sleeve E has an opening in that end of it towardv the handle G, which ts'sngly'overthe bar A from ato o, thebar 'being rounder. thispoint, so as to enable the sleeve'to turn easily upon it. This sleeve E is prevented froth passing towardthe jawgB or bar A, by a shoulder on said bar-at :c ze. YF representsv a nut, which is passed over the har A,la.ri d is provided with a. thread, t'vhichts overthe thread from o to o on said bar. This nut forms a shmlder,v when vseclireed in'position, 'which keeps the sleeve E from slipping back, :The nu't F is provided with an 'annnlar recess'at that end next to the handle' Gr, into which a round tenon on the handle is madeto'fit. VG represents the`handle, which `1st turned of'woodfaud which is provided with a hole through it'ffrom end to endgthrough which theouter end of thebar Apasse's. v H represents a nut on`the end of bar A, which is provided with a round tenon, which passes into a recess made t'c receive it in the end of the handle next to it. `By\m eans of the `two nuts F land the handle VG Iis very easily and permanently secured upon the bar A.-. When: the` two' jaws B and C are opened as wide :is possible, the end :v :z of sleeve D strikes the back of sleeve E at rc z. lThe rjaw C is mudeto ,move to or from jaw B by turning the' sleeve 'E in one direction or the other. p v

Having thus fully described iny invention, what I claim as new, and desire to scnreby Letters Patent, is rEhe arrangement of the bar A, sleeves D and E, nuts F and H, and handle G, the'several parts being cntructed and arranged in4 the manner und for the purpose hereinfspccied.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing Iv have hereunto s'et myhand and (tial this 18th day. of February, 1867 LUCIUS JORDAN Witnesses: j

' HENRY R. BRADLEY, Gnome B. Iiswls, 

